Robert De Niro’s Former Assistant Awarded $1.2 Million In Gender Discrimination Lawsuit 

A former worker of Robert De Niro has been awarded over $1.2 million for enduring a poisonous office whereas employed below him.

On Thursday, De Niro’s former private assistant, Graham Chase Robinson, was awarded the huge lump sum after she initially filed her lawsuit in 2019. She claimed that the actor known as her names resembling “b***h” and “brat” and made different feedback about him utilizing Viagra whereas in her presence. Robinson stated the award-winning actor even threatened her and would come to conferences carrying solely his pajamas. The jury didn’t discover De Niro personally liable however discovered his firm, Canal Productions, was the accountable social gathering.

De Niro solely appeared for 3 days of the two-week trial. In his testimony, he made a number of allegations of his personal in opposition to Robinson, together with that she stole $85,000 price of airline miles after quitting. De Niro tried to counter-sue Robinson, although it was dismissed. He declared that he raised her wage to $300,000 yearly however admitted to telling Robinson that one other worker made greater than her.

Finally, the jury dominated in Robinson’s favor and ordered that Canal Productions make two funds of $632,142 to the previous assistant. She instantly celebrated the victory, hugging her attorneys in courtroom. The cash is a large payday for Robinson, who says she has not labored in 4 years since quitting De Niro’s firm regardless of making use of for a whole bunch of jobs. Robinson stated the ordeal with De Niro has left her humiliated and depressed.

De Niro has not commented publicly on Robinson’s lawsuit or courtroom loss.